Maria Laach Abbey Church

Maria Laach is one of the most famous sights of the Brohltal - Lake Laach volcano park. The abbey church is probably the most famous building in the Eifel. The abbey has its own nursery, workshops, and library.
Count Palatine Heinrich II of Laach founded the cloister at the lake opposite his palatine castle in 1093. Archbishop Hillin von Trier inaugurated the church in 1156 and around 1230 the last part of the church, the porch, the so-called paradise, was completed. The abbey church is one of the most valuable German Romanesque churches in the Rhineland.
After the monks use, the Jesuits established their university here from 1862 until 1892, then again Benedictine monks settled in the monastery. Since then, the monastery, has been the place of the monks for their worship and for their diverse work.
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